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Free Write Friday 2.22.13
This won’t be an every week occurrence but when I need it and when I have time, I want to come to this space and just do some free writing. I want to invite all of you to join me, because it is so...
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Soul to Soul
Before you were born, I never realized just how much my soul needed your amazing soul in my life. You heal me, you need me, you make me insane and keep me sane in the same moments, I grow as you grow...
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A Space of Our Own
I’ve talked, briefly before about our current living situation I think. We moved from Pennsylvania to Illinois to be closer to my family during my 3rd trimester last year. We moved in with my parents...
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Creating an Inspired Life
Last week, I was feeling very ‘blah’. For the week or two previous, I thought I was doing pretty well. Not too many panic attacks and low anxiety overall. And then last week hit and it was a bad one....
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Free Write Friday 3.29.13
What do I need? What do I need? I ask myself this question over and over and over again. While I’m drinking my coffee and watching my son play as I try to wake up enough to interact with humans in the...
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Dealing with a Panic Attack Hangover
*Disclaimer: I feel very passionate about being 100% real and honest on my blog. That means I will sometimes be sharing personal experiences that might be a trigger for some of you reading it. Please...
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I am Surrounded, Yet I am Embracing
I’m sitting here with a knot in my gut, an all too familiar tale in this space, I know. Today, I am surrounded by overwhelm. I am surrounded with the thought that if I want to do everything 120% all...
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Labeled: My Official Panic Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder Diagnosis
When I was 13, I started seeing a therapist, a psychiatrist and went on medication. I’m not sure if there was an “official” diagnosis but my psychiatrist said I had clinical depression. I’ve been in...
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One Hell of a Week
It has been one hell of a week. I don’t know why. Toddler hood is fucking rough, man. For the kid and for the stay at home mama/ Oh and for the working daddy who has to come home after a very long day...
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Recovering From My Hospital Stay
I have this bad habit of drafting posts in my head until they sound perfect. Usually I do this while trying to sleep and by the time I wake up, I’ve forgotten my brilliance. So I don’t have the...
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Dear Self: A Poem About Purpose
Dear Self, There doesn’t have to be a meaning or purpose behind everything. Sometimes, the purpose should just be: beauty fun experimentation. Sometimes, the purpose should just be the experience.
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Shifting from “What Do I Need?” to “What Can I Do?”
Recently, I’ve been reading through a lot of my older blog posts. I’ve been focusing the most on the posts from the last year and a half when my mental health was in rapid decline. I noticed so many...
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If You Are Going Through a Rough Patch in Your Life, This Space is For You Too
I know there are many of you out there reading my articles and thinking, “Yes this feels like me right now.” But you are also thinking, “This isn’t a usual occurrence and it hasn’t been happening long...
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Having Mental Illnesses and Being a Mama is the Hardest Thing I Have Ever...
For the last 15 months, the depression and anxiety I’ve suffered in various forms for almost all of my life has been the most severe. My mental health has been debilitating and harsh and all...
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Focusing on Living For Us and Why We Eloped
I want to share an example of how my husband and I recently(as in, during 2013) focused on what we needed in life and employed the idea of Living For Yourself. On October 16, 2010 my boyfriend of 6...
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My Mind Is Half Asleep
It’s raining and my mind is still half asleep. I’m tired and exhausted and ready. So ready to be productive and ready for something I’m waiting. I’m waiting for the answers to come forth from inside...
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Envisioning My Future: A Second Look and A New Story
I recently stumbled upon a post from Lucy about her perfect day and it reminded me of the post I wrote last year called Envisioning My Future. A writer at heart and an introspection-aholic, I wrote...
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An Update on Creating Roots and Improving My Health
It’s time to start wrapping up 2013, ladies! Maybe it’s because I’m a mother now or just because I’m getting older (ish?), but this year just zoomed by! It’s insane and I can’t believe I have an...
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The Irony of Mama Guilt and Letting Go of Feeling Guilty for Wanting to Work
I recently have been working on a project, a contribution to a larger project for new mama’s. It’s been awesome and I’ve loved the creativity and releasing of thoughts I’ve gotten from it. My...
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“What Will Make My Life More Fulfilling, Joyful and Abundant?” And Other...
The mind is such a powerful tool. Mental Illnesses often come riddled with negative thoughts but more than that they have to do with our feelings, our emotions. I don’t know about you, but I battle...
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